July 20, 2001

How Do We Know Who Uses Drugs?

To the Editor:

Like others on my campus, I was intrigued, then fascinated, by the account of Gennady M. Danilenko's exposure as a drug mule ("The Puzzling Path From Professor to Drug Mule," June 8). It was only later, as second thoughts surfaced, that I was bemused by the implication that academe is a world apart, impermeable to the depredations of drug abuse and the drug trade. The use and sale of drugs by students raise no eyebrows. It is with deep sadness that I ask: What quality